Thursday, February 12, 2009

Fitness Friday: A new day

Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done...
--C.S. Lewis

I love this quote. It's both a reminder and a promise to me. Yes, I have to start over every day - begin yet again to be a good mom, wife, daughter, friend, woman after God's own heart. I can't rely merely on what has gone before, or assume it will be any easier today.

But beginning again as if "nothing had yet been done" also means I can forgive myself...MUST forgive myself...for yesterday's mistakes and failures. I have a terrible habit of mentally beating myself up over events and choices long past my present ability to influence. What a waste of time, I know, but it's a trait I have to deal with.

So this post is just a reminder to myself, and anyone else with similar struggles, to greet each day with new hope and fresh resolve. I can't change what I did yesterday, but I can choose to let it go and make better choices today. Thank God that He gave us the gift of "days", right? A chance to begin again after resting our bodies and minds while the present becomes the past and the future waits with open arms.




4 comments:

  1. Excellent point! I'm so glad we had open posting today! Everyone had such great things to say!

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  2. I love the quote and needed the reminder. Thanks. I love you. Dad

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  3. I very much like this post and quote. Good reminder.

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  4. Great post! Thanks for the quote from C.S. Lewis. I was recently reading a Christian article that was saying we need to free ourselves from the past- even the good things, because as His mercies are new every morning, so are the things He has in store for us.

    Have a blessed weekend!

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